Railway-tie.



PATEN'TBD AUG. 25, 1908,

G. W. WHITE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGMIO. HLED JAL 14 1908 GEORGE W. WHITE, OF PIEDMONT, OKLAHOMA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed January 14, 1908. Serial No. 410,848.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Piedmont, in the county of Canadian and Stateof Oklahoma, have invented certain new and 1 h base for dlstributmg the pressureover a comuseful Improvements in Railway Ties, of

which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railway ties, and has for its object to provide a metallic tie wh ich is simple and inexpensive in its con-v struction and embodies novel means for securing an interlocking connection with the track rails.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel railway tie which will firmly engage the rails in such a manner as to prevent spreading or overturning of the same, and which eliminates the necessity of. employing spikes or like members for attaching the rails to the ties.

For a full description of the invention and' the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a railway tie embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the complemental members of the tie. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite complemental member. Fig. 4 isa transverse sectional view through the tie. Fig. 5 is a view showing a slight modification. Y

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated,

in all the views of the drawings by the saine reference characters'.

The tie embodying the present invention is designed to be formed of metal or analogous material and comprises a pair of complemental sections which are of like formation and embody novel means for engaging the track rails and holding the same rigidly in position. Each of the complemental sec'- tions of the ltie comprises a body/'portion l and a pair of'locking fianges 2 and 3, the two sections of the tie being arranged in a reverse order when assembled and the locking yflanges 2 and 3 engaging opposite sides of the track rails 4. In the vpresent instance the body portion 1 of each of the sections of the tie is formed with a vertical web 1a having a horizontal fiange 1b projecting laterally from the' lower edge thereof, the web portions of the two sections of the tie fitting against each other and the horizontal flanges extending in opposite vdirections so as to form an enlarged paratively large area of the road bed. Each of the locking flanges 2 and -3 terminates at l'one end in a square shoulder and is .provided at its opposite end with a tongue 5 designed to fit over the base of the respective track rail and abut against the web portion thereof. It will also be observed that .these locking flanges project laterally from the ver-tical webs 1, the locking flanges upon each of the complemental tie sections extending over the upper edge of the opposite complemental section.

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When the tie .is assembled-'the squareshoulder upon the ,inner locking fiange 3 of mental sections of the tie being thereby' locked against relativev sliding movement such as would tend to release the track rails. If found desirable the two tie sections'may be fastened together by means of bolts or similar members, although such is not absolutely necessary and is entirely optional with the person using the tie. I

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that the improved tie will serve to produce a rigid engagement with the track rails without the necessity of employing spikesor similar members and will hold the rails securely against spreading or overturning. It may also be again called to-attention that since both of the complemental sections of the tie are of like formation, merely being arranged in a reverse order when assembled, the same can be used interchangeably and the expense incident to special sections is avoided.

A slight modification is shown in Fig. 5 in which the tongues 53L are curved upwardly so as to engage the lower face of the head of the use, since the member formed by the two fn? v `endet the compie-mental sections White the veomptemental; seetionsrnight te employed es a beminy or grder in the construction of vfloorng, eeyeted railways and the ke.

ned an new is 1 railway tie, theeornbinnton of' e fpenjeo interchangeable veomplelne ntel vsee- *tiene which are errance@ me reverse manner tin eeetons being formed with, n ptirl of lock-' fit-enges .which terminate et one en'd'in e Sqnareehoulder and nre proyde: et vthe op? eosite end with 'e tongue 'for engagner the ese ofthe eorrespondmg track-rail, one of the locking flanges being disposed toward one v Hegrlng time described the invention, what isle@ v entete l2. In e railway tie, the eon'bnaton of a. pznr of lnterehangenble compemental see tlons arranged 1nv e, reverse 'manner and 'ftting side by side, each of the' eolnplernentn seetione Vbeing,tgrnxedyxth a' peno'f laterally projeotmg Vlooking anges Winch ternnnate at one end .1n 'a quatre shoulder and et the .oposite 'end in a' tongue designed -to engage t base oa track rail, thelateray projeeting locking ng'es ofleechvot' the seetions jen tending overl the opposite section when the two sections are assembled andl the' square shoulder upon one of the locking flanges of' each section abutting against the squarey 'shoulder ofv the corresponding locking1 flange upon the opposite section to hold the ytwo 1 sections vagainst longitudinal displacement.

in presence of Ltwo Witnesses. l

GEORGE W. WHITE. [n 5.] f Witnesses z y l J. W. TIMMERMA'N, E. WAs'nECHEeK.

4o In'testmony .whereof I ex my signature 

